• Linux kernel 2.0.x or 2.2.x
• Intel Pentium 133MHz CPU (a PII or equivilent is suggested for the MPEG videos)
  • Ports to the PowerPC and Alpha platforms are planned. There is currently a beta set of binaries for the PPC available from Loki.
  • Some people have gotten it to work under FreeBSD w/ kernel modifications.
• 32Mb of RAM
• 355Mb of hard drive space w/out movies, 572Mb w/ movies
• X running in 16bpp @ 800x600 resolution
• 4x CD-ROM
• OSS Compatible Sound Card
• CTP 1.0 (the version on the CD-ROM) is based on glibc 2.0.
  • CTP 1.0 w/ glibc 2.1 (RedHat 6.0, etc.) has a few networking issues.
  • The CTP 1.1 upgrade fixes these problems and several bugs. (The patch is 3.87Mb in size, available from Loki.)

Notes:

• As we found out during the actual presentation ... You will want to have a system with much more than the minimum requirements. The P133 w/ 32Mb of RAM that we tried to demo on constantly was hitting swap while trying to load and play the intro movie. Even after switching to a minimal window manager w/ no movies, the game was too slow to play.

• No, the game is *not* open source.

• The CTP game box comes with CD-ROM, manual, and reference chart.

• The game has a retail cost of $49.95. Several online stores have CTP available at a discount (have seen prices as low as $43.95.)

• The MPEG videos on the disc are: The intro movie, the end-game movies, seperate movies for each wonder, and small rotating objects (movies) for each unit in the Great Library (online reference guide).

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